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Voiume XCIII, Number 33 University of Southern California Tuesday, March 1, 1983
University will be given burden of enforcing draft-aid law
Staff photo by Larry Cund
University Security reports that auto burglaries have dropped slightly in January. Still, car owners take their chances leaving their cars unattended in campus parking lots.
Security's effort mildly successful
By Mike Molinski
Assistant City Editor
University Security's recent effort to counter the increasing number of auto burglaries on campus by assigning officers to patrol parking areas on foot proved mildly successful during its first month of operation.
There were 63 reported auto burglaries in January, a drop from the monthly average of 86 in the last quarter of 1982, said Sgt. Art Blair of University Security.
However, the statistics fluctuate so much from month to month that it is difficult to measure the exact effectiveness of the program.
"We do have a burglary-from-motor vehicle problem," Blair said, noting the increase of almost 150 percent in auto burglaries from 1979 to 1982. There were 677 reported car burglaries last year in parking areas on and around campus.
Very few of these crimes result in arrests. Blair put the figure at about 10 percent, "and I'm being generous," he said.
Not surprisingly, stereo equipment accounts for about 70 percent of the property' that is stolen from cars. Blair said that Porsches, Audis and Volkswagens are broken into the most frequently because the manufacturers oftentimes install Blau-punkt stereos in the dashboards. Blaupunkt is one of the most sought-after brands of car stereos by thieves because it has a
(Continued on page 6)
By Mark Lowe
Staff Writer
If the Reagan administration's recent decision to deny federal finandal aid to students who have failed to register for the draft goes into effect, the university, not the federal government, will be forced to deal with the administrative burden of enfordng the law.
But Michael Halloran, asso-date dean of admissions and financial aid, said there is a chance that the regulations mayr change, since they have been met with such opposition from colleges across the country.
"This is an additional administrative burden that puts the finandal aid office in the posi-
tion of enforcing a Selective Service law that has nothing to do directly with education," Halloran said.
He added that college financial aid offices are being "singled out" by the Selective Service and the Department of Education because "the money given out to students gives a lot of the leverage to enforcement" of the registration law.
The Selective Service law, tentatively scheduled to go into effect July 1, requires that all men register for a possible draft within 30 days of their eighteenth birthday. Last September President Reagan signed a bill that makes men between 18 and 24 ineligible to receive fed-
Degree check office closes due to backlog
By Carmen Chandler
Staff Writer
Because of an increasing backlog, the office that processes degree checks will be shut down for two weeks beginning March 7. It is the fourth year in a row that the department has dedded to shut down in order to start with a "clean slate."
A degree check informs students whether they have fulfilled graduation requirements. The program has been the subject of criticism from students, who in the past have often waited up to a year to receive a degree check.
Carole Jones, director of academic services, said a shortage in staff within the department has been partlv responsible for the backlog.
There are four undergraduate counselors, three graduate counselors, a coordinator for each section and an assistant coordinator who works in both areas.
There has not been an increase in the number of otaff for the past 10 years, Jones said.
She said that during those 10 years "the undergraduate enrollment has almost doubled. We're trying to do twice as much ... it just can't be done."
She said another reason for the backlog is that there is usually a "crunch" at this time of the year because the department is still processing degree checks for students who graduated in December while looking into the credit status of students graduating in the spring, summer and fall.
She called it a "cycle, where you get caught up temporarily but you get behind again with another deadline."
Jones is unsure of how many degree checks have been caught in the backlog."It's not substantial but it’s large enough, we feel, to shut down for two weeks to get everything done," she said.
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eral finandal aid if they cannot prove that they have registered.
Under this law, all finandal aid applicants must sign a Statement of Registration Compliance, certifying that they have registered, unless they can claim an exemption because they are female, under 18 or a member of the armed forces on active duty.
Males age 18 to 24 must also present a copy of the letter Selective Service sends to registrants as proof that they have registered. But it is up to the schools themselves to prove to the government that students have complied with the law, Halloran said.
"The regulations call for us to verify the registration of all males who are in that age bracket (who are applying for aid)," he said. "The common response is that it is too cumbersome and too costly to implement that in such a short time."
Halloran said he hopes the regulations will be changed so that schools will only have to get students to certify that they have registered, and not actually have to "collect data" on each applicant to see if he has registered.
The Department of Education has sent out copies of the regulations to universities so that they can review and critidze them, Halloran said, but he added that the department will have a "wide latitude of discretion" in dedding whether to accept the comments.
"Most financial aid offices would prefer that the law be changed," Halloran said, "but all we can do is try to influence the implementation of the regulations."
But James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, added, "At this point we haven't taken a final position. We want to ensure that we understand the (Continued on page 2)
Staff photo by Maggie Melanson Due to recent theft problems, the library sy'stem has been forced to limit student workers from working with the new computer system.
Students no longer issue library cards
By Steve De Salvo
Assistant City Editor
Students who work in the university library system are no longer allowed to issue library card' because of an inddent earlier this semester in which a student w’orker used the new computer system to check out books with a falsified library card.
"Books were checked out through a made-up name," said Peggv Johnson, assistant university librarian for technical services. "Then information was entered in the computer indicating that the books had been returned w'hen, in fact, somebody' was keeping the books."
The fraudulent act w'as discovered more than two weeks ago when three books; which had supposedly been returned, could not be found on the shelves.
By using data provided by the computer, which has been in operation for less than two months, library administrators were able to pinpoint the predse time and place the impropriety occurred. A certain student employee who worked at the circulation desk became suspect.
"We had a suspidon of who did it because of the way the false name was created — it was a transposition of the name of a student w'ho W'orked here," she said.
Dale Jarvis, head of the drculation desk, said he questioned the student — who had worked at the library for only a short time — about the matter but dedded not to fire him.
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Voiume XCIII, Number 33 University of Southern California Tuesday, March 1, 1983
University will be given burden of enforcing draft-aid law
Staff photo by Larry Cund
University Security reports that auto burglaries have dropped slightly in January. Still, car owners take their chances leaving their cars unattended in campus parking lots.
Security's effort mildly successful
By Mike Molinski
Assistant City Editor
University Security's recent effort to counter the increasing number of auto burglaries on campus by assigning officers to patrol parking areas on foot proved mildly successful during its first month of operation.
There were 63 reported auto burglaries in January, a drop from the monthly average of 86 in the last quarter of 1982, said Sgt. Art Blair of University Security.
However, the statistics fluctuate so much from month to month that it is difficult to measure the exact effectiveness of the program.
"We do have a burglary-from-motor vehicle problem," Blair said, noting the increase of almost 150 percent in auto burglaries from 1979 to 1982. There were 677 reported car burglaries last year in parking areas on and around campus.
Very few of these crimes result in arrests. Blair put the figure at about 10 percent, "and I'm being generous," he said.
Not surprisingly, stereo equipment accounts for about 70 percent of the property' that is stolen from cars. Blair said that Porsches, Audis and Volkswagens are broken into the most frequently because the manufacturers oftentimes install Blau-punkt stereos in the dashboards. Blaupunkt is one of the most sought-after brands of car stereos by thieves because it has a
(Continued on page 6)
By Mark Lowe
Staff Writer
If the Reagan administration's recent decision to deny federal finandal aid to students who have failed to register for the draft goes into effect, the university, not the federal government, will be forced to deal with the administrative burden of enfordng the law.
But Michael Halloran, asso-date dean of admissions and financial aid, said there is a chance that the regulations mayr change, since they have been met with such opposition from colleges across the country.
"This is an additional administrative burden that puts the finandal aid office in the posi-
tion of enforcing a Selective Service law that has nothing to do directly with education," Halloran said.
He added that college financial aid offices are being "singled out" by the Selective Service and the Department of Education because "the money given out to students gives a lot of the leverage to enforcement" of the registration law.
The Selective Service law, tentatively scheduled to go into effect July 1, requires that all men register for a possible draft within 30 days of their eighteenth birthday. Last September President Reagan signed a bill that makes men between 18 and 24 ineligible to receive fed-
Degree check office closes due to backlog
By Carmen Chandler
Staff Writer
Because of an increasing backlog, the office that processes degree checks will be shut down for two weeks beginning March 7. It is the fourth year in a row that the department has dedded to shut down in order to start with a "clean slate."
A degree check informs students whether they have fulfilled graduation requirements. The program has been the subject of criticism from students, who in the past have often waited up to a year to receive a degree check.
Carole Jones, director of academic services, said a shortage in staff within the department has been partlv responsible for the backlog.
There are four undergraduate counselors, three graduate counselors, a coordinator for each section and an assistant coordinator who works in both areas.
There has not been an increase in the number of otaff for the past 10 years, Jones said.
She said that during those 10 years "the undergraduate enrollment has almost doubled. We're trying to do twice as much ... it just can't be done."
She said another reason for the backlog is that there is usually a "crunch" at this time of the year because the department is still processing degree checks for students who graduated in December while looking into the credit status of students graduating in the spring, summer and fall.
She called it a "cycle, where you get caught up temporarily but you get behind again with another deadline."
Jones is unsure of how many degree checks have been caught in the backlog."It's not substantial but it’s large enough, we feel, to shut down for two weeks to get everything done," she said.
(Continued on page 6)
eral finandal aid if they cannot prove that they have registered.
Under this law, all finandal aid applicants must sign a Statement of Registration Compliance, certifying that they have registered, unless they can claim an exemption because they are female, under 18 or a member of the armed forces on active duty.
Males age 18 to 24 must also present a copy of the letter Selective Service sends to registrants as proof that they have registered. But it is up to the schools themselves to prove to the government that students have complied with the law, Halloran said.
"The regulations call for us to verify the registration of all males who are in that age bracket (who are applying for aid)," he said. "The common response is that it is too cumbersome and too costly to implement that in such a short time."
Halloran said he hopes the regulations will be changed so that schools will only have to get students to certify that they have registered, and not actually have to "collect data" on each applicant to see if he has registered.
The Department of Education has sent out copies of the regulations to universities so that they can review and critidze them, Halloran said, but he added that the department will have a "wide latitude of discretion" in dedding whether to accept the comments.
"Most financial aid offices would prefer that the law be changed," Halloran said, "but all we can do is try to influence the implementation of the regulations."
But James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, added, "At this point we haven't taken a final position. We want to ensure that we understand the (Continued on page 2)
Staff photo by Maggie Melanson Due to recent theft problems, the library sy'stem has been forced to limit student workers from working with the new computer system.
Students no longer issue library cards
By Steve De Salvo
Assistant City Editor
Students who work in the university library system are no longer allowed to issue library card' because of an inddent earlier this semester in which a student w’orker used the new computer system to check out books with a falsified library card.
"Books were checked out through a made-up name," said Peggv Johnson, assistant university librarian for technical services. "Then information was entered in the computer indicating that the books had been returned w'hen, in fact, somebody' was keeping the books."
The fraudulent act w'as discovered more than two weeks ago when three books; which had supposedly been returned, could not be found on the shelves.
By using data provided by the computer, which has been in operation for less than two months, library administrators were able to pinpoint the predse time and place the impropriety occurred. A certain student employee who worked at the circulation desk became suspect.
"We had a suspidon of who did it because of the way the false name was created — it was a transposition of the name of a student w'ho W'orked here," she said.
Dale Jarvis, head of the drculation desk, said he questioned the student — who had worked at the library for only a short time — about the matter but dedded not to fire him.
(Continued on page 3)